emotional eating !!

we all eat when we are emotional but dont you find that you feel overwhelming guilt after we indulge i tend to think of that guilt before i eat for comfort and it puts me off eating for an emotional crutch

I used to use the guilt thing to avoid the emotional eating but sometimes it just fails - like this week, so I can feel your pain. Open that refrig door and make sure that there is an alternative in there - grapes, apples, etc. Pull both out (the cheese/bread and the grapes) and say out loud "I am not going to make this worse - I am going to take care of myself" and reach for the grapes, etc. This usually works for me. Good Luck

Bread and Cheese are defo my comfort foods too.. i LOVES them and its hard to imagine a life with out my 2 great loves..
the only way i can avoid eating them - and i WILL eat them if no one is around, if i am bored, if i am upset.. any excuse really to eat bread and cheese and im there... but yeah the way i avoid them is to simply NOT buy any of either.. no bread in the house, No cheese in the house.. i do however buy Laughing cow extra light cheese triangles.. only 20 cals each and a decent enough substitute in time of NEED... but without having any bread in the house i find i dont eat the triangles much...

and whenever you think about eating the bread and cheese try and remember... your not depriving yoruself of bread and Cheese by Not eating it , you are in FACT ensuring you are a happier healthier person by not eating it... hopefuly by NOT eating it, eventually you wont need to comfort eat as you will be happier in yourself..
Good Luck XMX

Its something i really struggle with to me when i get stressed or overwhelmed its like a lot of intense loud noise in my head and when i eat something it stops the noise i know its a wierd explanation but its what it feels like to me complete uncontrolable chaos and noise then i eat and everything seems to stop for a moment and i can collect myself a little ,,,,,,,,,,,,

so i did some thinking about this and my binges where i feel zombiefied while just grabbing at anything that is sugary cheesy carby and filling and realised im not going to stop it so i have to plan for it ive picked relativly low calorie things that i enjoy like boiled eggs apple slices and a biscuit and as soon as i feel the hunger and stress come on i eat one of those things followed by allot of water and i eat it slowly,,, i will either calm down and go wow i didnt need that cheesy sandwich after all or i will still feel like i intensly need it and if that happens i allow myself to have it because i know if i dont i will just end up more stressed and do less excercise possibly eat even more and basically dig a bigger hole for myself and the next day i will work just that bit harder to make up for it or eat just that bit less over the week ,,,,,,,,,,,, this stratergy seems to work for me i hope it might be able to help you even just a little